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Are you sure the 1929 Shapleigh price of $86.00 was for a Trojan? It sounds like the price for a higher grade gun. The "A Grade Sterlingworth" at $86.30 sounds like it has lost something in translation also.
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09-27-2011, 06:41 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Indeed! It is described as "Parker Hammerless Trojan Grade". On the same page is the VH at $108.00, the PH at $131.00 and the GH at $163.20. All the prices I quoted are for extractor guns.
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09-27-2011, 07:19 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I believe I have every catalog that has been reproduced.I find them to be a great source of info and I need not worry about handling original Parker paper.
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09-27-2011, 07:42 PM | #6 | ||||||
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i wonder if these were the prices before the stock market collasped.... charlie
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09-27-2011, 08:29 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I just perchased an original 1929 parker catalog with price page dated jan 1929 ..trojan is 55.00, vh 68.00, phe discontinued, gh 95.00, VHE 87.00, VHE with SST=115.00 GHE=115.00 , A1-spl=700.00 add 46.00 for SST......I own 3 GHE 1929 guns... 20,16,and a 12 I paid 59.32 for the catalog on E-bay......thanks all SXS ohio...(-:
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Parker and the Crash of 1929 |
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Parker and the Crash of 1929
Examine the Parker production record in "Serialization.. Parker Bros, like many others, were optomistic after the Crash and continued production at near the pre crash rate through part of 1930. Many 1929 guns were returned, and the 1930 guns were unsold; this lead to Parker Bros being placed on watch by creditors. Only 800 more guns were made prior to DuPont's purchase of Parker Bros in 1934
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09-27-2011, 09:47 PM | #9 | ||||||
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I certainly have no possible explanation for the Shapleigh prices. They are off any scale I know of.
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09-28-2011, 05:40 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Scroll to the bottom here for several late 20s price comparisons
http://docs.google.com/a/damascuskno...agUSXhewGB03SE
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